Great art meets you where you are. It is an invitation to delve as deep as you wish into the realm where mind, body, and soul mingle and merge. Its true value lies far beyond its commercial worth; perhaps this is why performance remains one of the most radical manifestations of the form. What is art liberated from commodity but a force of nature all its own?
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Installation artist and performance art director Miles Greenberg explores this question in every facet of his work. At the tender age of 22, Greenberg made his New York solo debut in HAEMOTHERAPY (I) at Reena Spaulings Fine Art with a seven-hour performance on December 18. As a snow squall swept the city, Greenberg stood naked on a rock, adorned in white body paint and an 18-carat gold codpiece designed by Chris Habana.
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Inside the second-floor gallery, a seductive mixture of dragon’s blood resin and copal perfumed the room, while the low rumblings of bass frequencies erased the tensions of the outside world, welcoming all attendees including Greenberg’s mentor Marina Abramović to contemplate his body as though it were living sculpture. Atop a lush strip of raw meat, flowers, fruit, vegetables, and spice running down the center of the gallery, Greenberg held a lit candle in one hand while balancing a large glass vase on his head like a crown. A water hose ran above him, releasing single drops here and there, while his body involuntarily undulated under the weight of holding the pose as long as it could tolerate.
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